Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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